Haven't watched it in years....when it was Sport's Review of the Year and presented by Peter Dimmock, it was decent.
Back then, and when Cliff Morgan was a co-presenter, with latterly David Coleman...it would take a look at each sport and just talk about what had happened....a great way to refresh the memory. The Beeb, of course had plenty of footage to show.
Have to admit to being particularly gutted in 66, when Briggo (Barry Briggs) was second....the nearest Swindon has come to a winner. He was pipped by some bloke called Moore.
The warning bells started ringing in 71, when HRH Princess Anne won
However, David Steele's win in 75 proved, there was still some life in it.
The 80's rightly had a golden crop of athletes as winners, but that was just about it, as it descended into parody through the 90's.
Of course, a long running format has to change with the times.....hence the name change around this time from Review to SPotY, a kind of symptom of the Thatcherite shift from collective values to the vacuous cult of celebrity, which infects our society.
